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One Day, or Many Years? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on reasoning about what evidence shows weather and what shows climate, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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One Day, or Many Years?

3-ESS2-2

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1.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.Tomorrow's forecast
  • B.One photograph of the sky
  • C.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
2.Why do farmers choose crops that suit their area's climate?
  • A.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  • B.Climate changes every day
  • C.Weather never matters to crops
3.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  • B.Only today's weather at home
  • C.Last year's vacation photos
4.One summer is unusually cool. Has the country's climate changed?
  • A.Yes, at once
  • B.Yes, for ever
  • C.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
5.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.It is raining now
  • B.It was foggy this morning
  • C.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
6.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  • B.Yes, snow is always climate
  • C.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
7.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • B.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  • C.Yes, for that year
8.Which tells you more about a place's climate?
  • A.A picture of today's sky
  • B.The weather report for tomorrow
  • C.A graph of its average rainfall for each month

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  2. 2.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  3. 3.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  4. 4.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  5. 5.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  6. 6.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  7. 7.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  8. 8.A graph of its average rainfall for each month

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.